Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for January 26th, 2021. In today’s article we’ve got a full review of the freshly-released Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy, courtesy of good ol’ Mikhail. There are also a couple of Mini-Views from yours truly, several new releases to look at, and the usual lists of incoming and outgoing sales to consider. Let’s get started!
Reviews
Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy ($59.99)

When Koei Tecmo and Gust started porting Atelier games to Nintendo Switch with Atelier Lydie & Suelle, I was both glad and a bit disappointed. I was glad because I had enjoyed almost every single Atelier game on PS Vita and was hoping we would continue to get handheld versions but disappointed because Atelier Lydie & Suelle was a bad conversion. Ever since that release, the Atelier ports have been improving and Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout was good enough for me to recommend over the PS4 version. Fast forward to today and Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy has finally launched in the West as a sequel to the first game and is a fantastic release in just about every way. Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy is set a few years after Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout and features you taking on the role of Ryza once again. This is the first time a new Atelier game has retained the same protagonist as the...